Twelve Men (Hardcover, New)

Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Boni and Liveright, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters" that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into miniature masterpieces of prose. The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the songwriter Paul Dresser ("My Brother Paul"), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work. These factors elevate the significance of Twelve Men to a level consistent with other major works in the Dreiser canon.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Theodore Dreiser
Editors:	Robert Coltrane
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	456
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-3363-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-8122-3363-8
Barcode:	9780812233636

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